Great Deceiver
King Crimson
Letra

Written by Wetton, Fripp, Palmer-James

Transcribed by Reginald Hunt

"/17" = slide up to note at 17th fret
"^17" = bend the string
"17^18" = bend the string at the 17th fret to the 18th fret pitch
"/" = indicates a rhythm mark (strum previous chord again)



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[section 1a]
Obvious low guitar part

1 2 3 4
E|
BT|
G-A--------------------------------------------------| Play eight times
D-B--------------------------------------------------| (4 on second go round)
A076503030|
E03030|




1 2 3 4
E|
BT|
|
|
A7101071010710107107|
E|



1 2 3 4
E|
BT| Play these 2
G-A--------------------------------------------------------| measures twice
|
A7101071010710107107|
E|


Play section again

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[section 1b]
However, the real fun is to play the "rhythm" guitar part, instead...


Play chords with rapid tremolo strumming.................*

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E/2114|12|
BTxx|x|
|-9-------------------------|
|-11------------------------|
A||
E||


1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E/2114|12/2017|
BTxx|xxx| Play this 2 times
G-A-/18-------------11-------|-9---/18----14-------------| (1 on second
D-B-/19-------------11-------|-11--/19----14-------------| go round)
A||
E||


Strum across all strings, deadening all except the strings with indicated
fingerings


1 2 3 4
E|
BT141210|
|
|
A7101071010710107107|
E|



1 2 3 4
E|
BT1514|
|
|
A7101071010710107107|
E|

Play these 2 measures twice.
Play section again

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1st verse [section 2]

E00||0|
BT11||1|
|-----------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
A|||
E|||


E0||
BT1||
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
A||
E||


E0|3|
BT0|0|
|--------------2---------------|
|--7---5---4---2---------------|
A7543|7543|
E532|532|
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2nd verse [section 3]

E||
BT||
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
A||
E||


E||
BT||
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
A||
E||


E0|3|
BT0|0|
|--------------2---------------|
|--7---5---4---2---------------|
A7543|7543|
E532|532|
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[section 4]
1st chorus

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E||
BT1010|1310|
G-A---------------------|-12----------------|
D-B--7--------7---------|-10-------7--------|
A00---------|0|
E||


1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E|---------------------||
BT101010|1010---------|10|
G-A-------------------------|---------------------|----------9---------|
D-B--7---7----7-------------|-7--------7----------|-7--------9---------|
A000|00|07---------|
E|---------------------|0---------|


This pattern played twice

***After quiet organ & vocals, play [section 1a] or [section 1b] again ****
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3rd verse [section 5]



E/1717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A------------14----14---------12----12---------------------------17^18----|
D-B----------------------------------------------------------16-------------|
A------------------------------------------------------15|
E------------------------------------------------14|





E1717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A----------14----14---------12----12---------17---------------------------|
D-B--------------------------------------------------16---------------------|
A15|
E----------------------------------------------------------------14---------|







E171717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12---------17----14----------------14----|
D-B-------------------------------------------------------16----------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------15|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|





bend G string up.....*
E171717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12---------14---^17---^17---^17---^17----|
D-B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|






E1717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A----------14----14---------12----12---------17---------------------------|
D-B--------------------------------------------------16---------------------|
A15|
E----------------------------------------------------------------14---------|




E0|3|
BT0|0|
G-A----------------0--/-/----------|--------------2---------------|
|--7---5---4---2---------------|
A7543|7543|
E532|532|






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4th verse [section 6]



E1717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12---------------------------17^18-------|
D-B-------------------------------------------------------16----------------|
A---------------------------------------------------15----------------------|
E---------------------------------------------14|





E171717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12---------------14----17----14----------|
D-B-------------------------------------------16----------------------16----|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|







E17171717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12--------------------X-----17-----------|
D-B------------------------------------------------16-----------------------|
A--------------------------------------------15-----------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|




bend G sring up....*
E1717171717171717171717|
BT-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-A---------14----14---------12----12---------17---^17---^17---^17----------|
D-B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|





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Chord break [section 7]


1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E||
BT---------------------|| Play 3 times
G-A--0--------0---------|-5--------6--------|
D-B--7--------7---------|-5--------5--------|
A77---------|34|
E55---------||





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second chorus play [section 2] again






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second chorus cont d [section 8]

1 2 3 4 5 6
E------------------------------------------|||||
BT10-----------------------------------|||||
G-A---------/--/--------/-----/--/---------|--%--|--%--|--%--|--%--|
D-B---7------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A------------------------------------------|||||
E------------------------------------------|||||

Play this pattern 7 times with slight rhythmic variations



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End [section 9]

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
E-------------------------------------------||
BT10-------------------------------------||
G-A-----/-----/---/------/---/-----/--/-----|-/--/-----/--/----/-----|
D-B--7--------------------------------------|------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------||
E-------------------------------------------||


1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
BT-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G-A-/--/----/---/-----/--/--/-----/-----|-/--/----/--/-----/--/-----/--/-------|
D-B-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|





1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
BT------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
G-A-/-/-----/--/-----/--/-----/------/-|-/--/-----/-----/--/------------------||
D-B------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
A--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||